Nadine

“Everybody has to feel superior to somebody," she said. "But it's customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.”
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories

“What kind of persons writes fiction about the past?"
- "The kind of person for whom one lifetime is not enough."

- Hilary Mantel”
― Hilary Mantel

“Vanuit mijn huis ben ik lopend op weg gegaan, want zo'n belangrijke bestemming moet je niet te snel bereiken.”
― Lieke Noorman, Portugal! Portugal! Portugal! - Een tijdreis van noord naar zuid

“Science should matter to us not only because it helps us to control parts of the world, but also because is shows us things that we will -never- master. [...] Nightly - perhaps after the main news
bulletin and before the celebrity quiz - we might observe a moment of silence in order to contemplate the 200 to 400 billion stars in our galaxies and the 3 septillion stars in the universe. [...] majestically unaware of everything we are and consolingly unaffected by all that tears us apart.”
― Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion